Question

Hi here is a snipit of code…the idea is that it runs for 20 secs then at 5 seconds before 0 it plays one sound then at end of countdown plays the next…but it is just playing the end and skipping the 5 sec mark…I have tried playing with it but can’t get it to work.

Any ideas?

//Counter 2
final CountDownTimer counter2 = new CountDownTimer(20000 , 1000) {
public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
  mCounter2TextField.setText(" " + formatTime(millisUntilFinished));

  long timeLeft = millisUntilFinished / 1000;

  if (timeLeft == 5000) 
         playAlertSound(R.drawable.sound1);

}

public void onFinish() {
  start();
  playSound();
}

public void playSound() {
MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), (R.drawable.sound2));
mp.start();

}   


};

Answer 1

It’s cause your :

playSound(...);

Is in the same ‘thread’ as your Timer. You should just do somthing like :

if (timeLeft == 5000) 

  new Runnable(){
      void Run(){
           playAlertSound(R.drawable.sound1);
      }
      public void playSound() {
            MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), (R.drawable.sound2));
            mp.start();
       }

  }.run();

Or something like that 😀

Cause you cant decrease your Timer and play sound at same time ! 🙂